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hall
  • n  an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
    the elevators were at the end of the hall
  • n  a large entrance or reception room or area
  • n  a large room for gatherings or entertainment
    lecture hall
    pool hall
  • n  a college or university building containing living quarters for students
  • n  the large room of a manor or castle
  • n  English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)
  • n  United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)
  • n  United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)
  • n  United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)
  • n  United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)
  • n  a large and imposing house
  • n  a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research
    halls of learning
  • n  a large building for meetings or entertainment
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hall's honeysuckle
  • n  a variety of Japanese honeysuckle that grows like a vine; established as an aggressive escape in southeastern United States
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hall of fame
  • n  a building containing trophies honoring famous people
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hall pass
  • n  written permission from a teacher for a student to be out the classroom and in the halls of the school
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hallah
  • n  (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking
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halle
  • n  a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries
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halle-an-der-saale
  • n  a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries
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hallel
  • n  (Judaism) a chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh
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halley
  • n  English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742)
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hallmark
  • n  a distinctive characteristic or attribute
  • n  a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity
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